PHYSETER. HYPEROODON. 21 



Catodon Linn., Fauna Suecica, 2d ed., 1761, p. 18. 

 Tursio Fleming, Phil, Zool., 11, 1822, p. 211. (nee Wagler, nee 

 Gray.) 



42. Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus. 



Physeter macrocephalus Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 76; i, 1766, 

 p. 107, fig. 4. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 15. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 45, figs. 11, xvi. 

 Zool. Ser. 



Catodon macrocephalus Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, 1866, p. 202. 

 Cachalot Sperm Whale. 



Type locality. North Atlantic. 



Geogr. Distr. All seas. 



Genus 20. Hyperoodoii. 



Hyperoodon Lac^p., Hist. Nat. C^t., 1804, p. xliv. Type Delphinus 



butskopf Bonn. = Balcena rostrata Muller. 

 Ancylodon Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 181 1, p. 142. 

 Uranodon Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 181 1, p. 143. 

 Cetodiodon Jacobs, Dublin Phil. Jour, and Scient. Rev., 1825, t. 

 Chcenodelphinus Eschr., Forhandl. Skandinav. Naturforsk., 3die 



mote, Stockholm, 1843, PP- 651-655. 

 Chcenocetus Eschr., Oversigt K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl. 



Kjobenh., 1846. Id. K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrifter, 



Naturv. and Math. Afd. Kjobenh. 5te Raekke, i, 1849, P- 97- 

 Lagenocetus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863, p. 200. 



43. Hyperoodon rostratus (M tiller), 



Balcena rostrata Miill., Zool. Dan. Prodr., 1776, p. 7. 



Delphinus bidentatus Bonn., Tab. Encycl. and Mdth. des trois 



R^gnes de la Nature, C^tol., 1789, p. 25. 

 Delphinus butskopf Bonn., Tab. Encycl. and M^th. des trois 



R^gnes de la Nature, Cdtol., 1789, p. 25. 

 Delphinus anarnacus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 550, No. 780. 

 Delphinus hunteri Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 520, No. 782. 

 Hyperoodon latifrons Gray, Erebus & Terror, Zool., 1846, p. 27, 



pi. 4. 

 Lagenocetus latifrons Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 241. 

 Delphinus hyperoodon Schleg., Zoogd. Nederl., 1870, p. 94, pi. 18, 

 Hyperoodon rostratus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub,, 



II, 1901, p. 16, pi. IV. Zool. Ser. 



